This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   Everybody in the recycling business knows that China’s recently implemented scrap import policies have put the business into a state of pandemonium. But China may not be the biggest challenge facing recyclers. Midwest materials recovery facility (MRF) operator Mick Barry...

This article originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   Everybody in the recycling business knows that China’s recently implemented scrap import policies have put the business into a state of pandemonium. But China may not be the biggest challenge facing recyclers. Paper recycling veteran and materials recovery facility (MRF) operator...

This story originally appeared in the October 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In many ways, 2016 has been a strong year for companies in the U.S. paper recycling chain. Moving into the fourth quarter of the year, recovered paper suppliers had enjoyed improved markets, which also helped to boost the bottom lines...

This story originally appeared in the November 2015 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In both cases, imports – not exports – were responsible for the high port traffic. Outbound cargo from Long Beach and Los Angeles remained unspectacular. In fact, more than 60 percent of all containers leaving those ports were going away...